indians of north america

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indians of north america

When clay sings

1972
The daily life and customs of prehistoric southwest Indian tribes are retraced from the designs on the remains of their pottery.

The warrior maiden

a Hopi legend
1997
A retelling of the Indian legend in which Huh-?y-ay, a brave Hopi girl, helps to save her peaceful pueblo from Apache raiders.

The great race of the birds and animals

1985
A retelling of the Cheyenne and Sioux myth about the Great Race, a contest called by the Creator to settle the question whether man or buffalo should have supremacy and thus become the guardians of Creation.

The story of the Milky Way

a Cherokee tale
1995
When cornmeal is stolen from an elderly couple, the others in a Cherokee village find a way to drive off the thief, creating the Milky Way in the process.

Indians

1982
Describes in simple text how the Indians of the sea coast, plains, deserts, swamps, and woodlands lived and how their way of life was influenced by the environment.

Squanto, the Pilgrim adventure

1979
A biography of the Wampamoag Indian whose experiences with early English explorers later enabled him to help the struggling Plymouth colony.

Going on a dig

1981
Presents an overview of archaeology, including how ancient sites become buried and are relocated and techniques of excavating. Relates information archaeology has revealed about Amerindians.

Sequoyah, Cherokee hero

1979
A biography of the Cherokee Indian who invented a syllabary for the Cherokee language.

Osceola, Seminole warrior

1979
A biography of the Seminole chief who led the resistance of his people against compulsory immigration from their Florida homeland to territory beyond the Mississippi.

Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawas

1979
A biography of the Ottawa war chief who united the Great Lakes tribes against the British.

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